Chapter 54: Victory in Sight

"So nervous, are we charging?"

"I'm ready; wealth and honor are within reach, all depends on this charge to open the Star Vein."

"Brother Beneath Di Zhao, bless us; the Soul Energy Bombs bought with these 105 points of Shou Shou Jili are my entire fortune, hoping to blow up a Black-Armored Soldier."

"Brother in front, stop shaking; this is a game, you can resurrect after death, why are you so nervous?"

After two days of preparation, the player team gathered again at the entrance of the great hall on the fifth layer beneath the Dark Cave.

This campaign had Wo Si Ni Die, the guild master of the Fan Zui Guild selected by forum voting, serve as the charge commander, responsible only for issuing the charge order.

As time passed, the number of arriving players grew, forming a long queue at the entrance.

During this period, the voice channel for the Dark Cave region was incredibly lively; regarding the upcoming suicide charge, players felt both nervous and excited, with a hint of expectation in their hearts.

"Brothers, detonate!"

Following the shout of player Wo Si Ni Die, the prepared players rushed toward the great hall, clutching Soul Energy Bombs.

The dormant Black-Armored Soldiers awoke at this moment, bloodlight rising in their hollow eyes, weapons in hand turning toward the direction where players appeared.

Under the control of the Corrosion Core, the Black-Armored Soldiers launched an assault on the player army.

Boom!

Accompanying the first explosion, the great hall rang with continuous blasts like setting off firecrackers, a spectacular scene.

During this time, players continuously dissolved into black mist, then entered the forum live stream to watch from the sidelines.

As the commander, the viewer count in Wo Si Ni Die's live stream kept rising, and the comment section was very lively:

"Hahaha, I heard a prompt before dying; blowing up a Black-Armored Soldier leveled me up three times and earned 229 points of Shou Shou Jili reward, what a profit."

"Since we die anyway, exploding is such a cool way to go; the three Black-Armored Soldiers surrounding me were all blown away by me, unfortunately they weren't killed, I wonder which lucky brother finished them off."

"It's ridiculous; I was just about to detonate my Soul Energy Bomb when a brother from the side blew me up, where can I complain about this?"

"Painful; my experience is exactly the same as the brother above, not killed by Black-Armored Soldiers but by our own people; trouble some players to keep their eyes open, don't get too close, this round was a huge loss."

"Chicken legs for dinner tonight, blew up two Black-Armored Soldiers in one go, finally able to open the second Star Vein, Bone Fire here I come (attached: screenshot of kill prompt)."

The atmosphere inside and outside the field was incredibly joyful.

Having been wiped out twice in succession, players who had no power to resist the Black-Armored Soldiers held back a surge of anger in their hearts.

Although this battle might not clear all the Black-Armored Soldiers, the constantly refreshing kill prompts in the regional channel made them feel extremely satisfied.

The battle concluded after one hour.

Under the players' frantic bombing, gravel flew everywhere near the underground great hall, pockmarked with craters, littered with the severed limbs of Black-Armored Soldiers.

Although victory was not yet won, players had already seen the dawn of victory.

After the battle ended, they could not wait to organize a second suicide attack on the forum.

The Doomsday Technology Guild, responsible for providing Soul Energy Bombs, also started overtime production of Soul Energy Bombs to prepare for the next charge.

Although the process was hard, members of the Doomsday Technology Guild enjoyed it.

The post published by Qin Ye brought them a large number of weapon orders; although the profit was only 5%, it was still a considerable income.

Most importantly, the name of the Doomsday Technology Guild had been made known, and applications to join the guild kept increasing; in the eyes of guild master Yang Yang Tianxuan, this was a good beginning.

The various disaster-level weapons in the concept required massive resource costs; these players coming to join could provide financial support for the success of this plan.

The feeling of being needed also gave this group of researchers who had worked in closed environments for years a strong sense of belonging.

Two days later.

Players entered the Dark Cave one after another, gathering at the entrance of the underground great hall according to the consensus on the forum.

For this battle, players were ready to welcome victory.

The assault was launched in two waves.

The first wave consisted of players carrying Soul Energy Bombs, responsible for launching a suicide charge from the front.

They were composed of players with powerful mental monster forms such as Eagle-Headed Demon and Bone Fire, because the Soul Energy Bombs required them to detonate via mental extension.

The second wave of players was responsible for launching the charge after the first wave was completely wiped out; they were composed of players with monster forms such as Black-Armored Snake and Gargoyle.

The battle began after personnel were nearly assembled.

Following the shout of player Wo Si Ni Die, the ready first wave of players charged forward, clutching Soul Energy Bombs.

Learning from the last lesson, after entering the underground great hall this time, players scattered, increasing the distance between each other to prevent being affected by Soul Energy Bombs detonated by other players.

The Black-Armored Soldiers also awoke at this moment, launching an assault on the player legion.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Accompanying the explosion sounds, the ground shook, debris from the dome continuously fell, the scene was incredibly chaotic.

During this time, players continuously died, and Black-Armored Soldiers were also blown away by explosions; their bodies, before hitting the ground, were blown away again by explosions from other players, like kites with broken strings flying left and right, finally disintegrating and scattering in the air.

The first wave of assault ended; the remaining Black-Armored Soldiers on site were fewer than one hundred.

"Kill!"

Following the shout in the regional voice channel, the second wave of players, poised and ready, filed in one by one, launching a fearless charge against the remaining Black-Armored Soldiers.

The remaining hundred-plus Black-Armored Soldiers, though mostly low on health, were still terrifyingly lethal; a casual swing of their weapons could easily cleave a player in two.

But players had the advantage of massive numbers.

Under the continuous supply of combat power, the Black-Armored Soldiers were finally all killed, and the battle came to an end.

"Oh my god, finally won; to take the Dark Cave I died at least twenty times, the death cooldown times added up to almost a day."

"Hahaha, so happy, finally took it; next we just need to shatter the crystal to claim the quest reward."

"So excited, I'm ranked 309 on the contribution list, not sure what reward I'll get, hopefully it can raise my Body Tempering level by one."

Inside the regional voice channel, all the players were cheering and celebrating.

As the death cooldown began outside the arena, players watching the live broadcast of the scene also sent a flood of bullet comments, jointly celebrating the hard-won victory.

The feeling of advancing hand in hand, challenging difficulties together, and achieving success was truly a spiritual feast, giving the participating players a full sense of accomplishment.

The remaining players walked toward the underground palace at this moment.

Next, they only needed to shatter the Corrosion Core, and their first group quest in this game would come to a perfect conclusion.

Just as a certain player in the live stream said:

The engineering project that lasted half a month is over; it's time to collect the wages.

(End of this chapter)